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View size of multiple selected emails?

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When I select multiple files in a graphical file manager (no matter what OS) usually I see the total file size in the status bar of that file manager.

Can I do this similarly with Thunderbird, by selecting several emails and seeing their cumulated total size?

If not, is there a bugzilla feature request already filed for this?

When I select multiple files in a graphical file manager (no matter what OS) usually I see the total file size in the status bar of that file manager. Can I do this similarly with Thunderbird, by selecting several emails and seeing their cumulated total size? If not, is there a bugzilla feature request already filed for this?

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ml35 said

When I select multiple files in a graphical file manager (no matter what OS) usually I see the total file size in the status bar of that file manager.

Thunderbird is not a file manager. So perhaps your expectation might be somewhat colored by that view. Nor does Thunderird store individual emails in an individual file.

If not, is there a bugzilla feature request already filed for this?

Perhaps you could look. Why ask other users to search for things you want to know.

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You can display the size of individual messages by enabling the Size column in the Threads Pane, or show the size of all messages in a folder by enabling the Size column with View/Layout/Folder Pane Columns checked.